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[Firesong is huddled on the ground in the forest, cuddling a brightly glowing Aya. He's shaking slightly , his breathing kept carefully even as he tries to keep his attention centered on what's around him, and not what the rest of the Plane feels like at the moment. The firebird in his arms keeps giving a comforting flute-like coo, false sparks falling from her feathers. Firesong tries to keep his voice even]

I'm all right Aya. [At least he hopes he will be]

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...Firesong?

[Firesong starts then tries to force a smile] Ah, hello.

You're...not okay, are you?

[He is really feeling far to shaken to keep up any sort of pretense for to long] Does it look as if I am? Haven't you notice? Out there is dead! [He sweeps his hand out, indicating the rest of the Plane outside the forest.]

[Isaac nods a little bit, sitting next to Firesong, but not too close]

Yeah, I did. Usually I can use psynergy here but...now it's hard to even use the Djinn...

[Firesong just keep petting Aya. He does give Isaac a very confused glance though.] Djinn? Psynergy? I absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

It's...I guess it's my world's magic. Djinn are elemental spirits we use.

[At least those are things Firesong can understand] Then it's no wonder it's not working. The energy flows have all vanished. There is nothing where they should be, just blackness itself.

[Isaac nods] It's strange...I've never not felt it, you know?

[At least Isaac appears to understand what he means] I've been able to use magesight for as long as I can remember. To see nothing when I arrived here was like being struck blind. [To be honest he had been afraid he'd lost his gift for a moment and that was what truly had freaked him out.]

[Isaac nods sympathetically] I feel like there's a bag over my head or something.

I suppose that is one way of putting it. [Even looking beyond the forest makes him feel unease. But that does remind him of something, and he drops his shields for just a moment to check.] Mind magic appears to be unaffected at least. So we haven't lost all abilities.

Mind Magic?

It's exactly what it sounds like, Gifts that use only the mind to work. It's very different from true magic.

Huh. What kind of things can you do with that?

That depends entirely on what particular Gift you have. What those with the Gift of Empathy can do is far different from what those with the Fetching gift can do. My Gifts lie in mind-speech and earthsense.

[Three of those are self-explanitory, but...]

Earthsense?

[Jade has been going to the forest for food rather than the kitchen. He is stuck with carrying around his spear, because he is trying to conserve the fonons he has left for emergency casting. He pauses seeing the man and the bird.]

Firesong, wasn't it?

And you are Jade. [He is completely confident about this. He never forgets a face.] How is your magic fareing at the moment?

[Ah, so that's it.] This place is no longer producing fonons, so I'm essentially helpless. [He delivers it callously, almost cheerfully, though he has to settle for a one-armed shrug with his right hand occupied. It's partially a lie, but it's fairly true.] The magic in your world is also from external sources?

We gather our magic from the energies of the world around us. Right now, this is the only place I've been able to find with any energy at all, and that's only what comes from the plants and creatures here. Everything out there is dead. I can't feel anything, no matter how far I search.

Will that pose a problem if it lasts too long?

It won't cause anything good, although I doubt people will die of it. There is some here after all, although it's like dealing with the barest trickle of water when you were used to a river.

Is there any possible way to re-cultivate it here?

[He does consider that for a moment.] I suppose it might be possible to recognize some of of the larger streams so their power all flows to one spot, but even if I set up something like a heartstone it would be years before it could gather any useful reserves.

That is providing even possible to set up a heartstone under these circumstances. With so little energy to work with it takes hours to gather enough for even minor spells.

Is it something you could do for this place, if you return?

Perhaps, but I would have to go about it carefully. A mistake is something that couldn't be afforded.

I'm sure the worst that could happen is everyone dying?

At the very worst I imagine that would be the least that would happen. I have no idea how the ley lines of this place would affect each other or how they would react. Of course, there is also the risk of my own life as well. From what I gather, it would be a very painful way to die. I do not like pain.

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